Ironing-machine



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G. L. SHOREY.

IRONING MACHINE. No. 356,604. Patented Jan. 2 5, 1887.

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lRONING=MACHlNE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,691, dated January Application tiled Jrnuary i], 1584. Serial 30.111095. (X0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Gnonon L. Snonnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the cou-ntyof Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in lroning-lliachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines adapted to perform all classes of ironing, especially, however, finishing and polishing shirt-bosoms, collars, and cuffs in lauudries, where it is necessary toiron great quantities of goods with dispatch and in the best manner; and it consists in an ironing machine having an ironing and polishing roller, heated by gas or its equivalent, sup' ported and carried in ahorizontal plane independently ofthe ironing-board by a swinging frame, preferably pivoted without the limits of the supporting frame-work, havingaparallel motion and operated by a pitman-rod and other mechanism, as will be more fully herein after explained.

The invention also consists in the arrangement of the ironing-board in relation to the other parts of the machine, and in the an rangcment of devices for regulating and controlling the vertical movement of the ironingboard, so as to produce an automatic drop of the table when not in use, and an even pressure of any desired amount, greater or less, of the roller on the table; and it also con sists in devices to continue the rotation of the ironing-roller when the ironing board is lowered, the object of my invention being to pro duce an ironing-machine which will execute all classes of work efliciently, rapidly, and in an artistic manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aside elevation of an ironing-machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. l is a view in detail of a ratchet and pawl to continue the rotation of the ironing-roller when the ironing-board is lowered.

To carry out my invention I providca suitable frame-work, A, for supporting the operativc parts of the machine mounted thereon.

13 represents a swinging frame, which carries the polishing or ironing roller D, which is hollow and heated by gas, as shown by the device ('8.

O is the ironingboard, supported by the straddling yoke-frame J, the whole forming a hinged ironing-bed, which I preferably make of two parts, C and J. as shown, for the purpose of adj ustment. The same, however, could be formed in one piece, and I therefore designate the ironingboard as C J. The ironingboard 0 J is pivoted at p p and raised by an elbowed foot-lever, E, pivoted at f, its straddling yoke E, together with rods E and E provided and connected with asuitable spring, 6, which is adjusted by the handwheel K.

The swinging frame B is actuated by the pitman-rods F F conuected to the crankwhecls F F to which motion is imparted through the shaft upon which they are mounted by the mechanism of the gear and pinion H and L and the drivingpulley (I, around which passes a belt transmitting power from the prime mover.

The ironing roller D is governed in its movement by a pawl and ratchet, it, so that theironing-roller either rolls over the ironingboard oris held in place and acts as a polishing-iron to give a satin finish, as is desired. It is necessary, when the irouingboard islowered, that the ironing-roller D should continue its rotation to prevent the heat from accumulating at a single point in the periphery of the ironing-roller, as would be the consequence if the ironing-roller stopped. This rotation 1 effect with ratchet-wheel. a. and the pawl a, which works from the pitmau-rod F, preferably near its connection with the upright frame 13.

The swinging frame B, actuated by the pitmen F F, has a reciprocating motion, while the ironing-roller D is maintained in a horizontal plane parallel to the ironing-table,when the latter is elevated for work, by means of the lever 12, toggle-levers I) If, and link b,connected to swinging frame 13. Thelever orarni b is connected to the lower extremity of the frame B by a pin or shaft, and is pivoted at its other end to a fixed point on the frame of the machine at p. The lover or arm bflpivoted at the point p", is connected by the links or togglc-levers b If to the frame B and the arm or lever 21. All these last-named parts are preferabl y made with adjustable slots. The reciprocating parallel motion of the ironing-roller D is entirely independent of the ironing-board.

c is a spring to facilitate the reaction of the of the frame 13 and the board in order to facilifoot-lever E when the foot is removed, that the bed may lower quickly.

The ironing-board C J is of the usual construction, so far as the ironing-bed is concerned.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The ironing-table being properly adjusted so as to obtain the desired pressure from the roller D, if collars and cuffs are to be ironed, the operator steps upon the treadle or foot-leverE, places the collars and cuffs upon the board, where they are ironed in the usual manner of such machines. In the ironing of shirts for which my niachineis especially adaptedthe operator first puts the shirt upon the board so that the bosom comes in position for ironing, then places foot upon the treadle, bringing the board in contact with the roller until the operation is completed. The operator then removes his foot from the treadle,the board drops, and the shirt is removed from it, the hands being carried between the arms tate removing the shirt, if necessary. The roll D continues its motion all the time during the above operations, even while the operator reaches for a second shirt, which he puts on in the same manner. The board may be hollowed for the reception of the neckband; or the latter may be ironed down fiat, redamped, and set up. The body of the shirt takes care of itself, as none of the working parts of the machine requiring oil is nearenough to come in contact with it.

The advantage of the machine consists in the facility it offers for rapid. work, which is secured by the ease in handling and by the absence of friction in the moving parts, so that the iron can be reciprocated with great rapidity where desired, it being possible to run the frame 13 at any desired speed.

The spring which I use between the treadle and the boardis necessary where the board is hinged.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an ironing-machine, an ironing de vice mounted upon the upper extremity of a frame, which at its lower end swings upon a pivot automatically raised and lowered by links and arms working from fixed points, whereby the ironing device has a reciprocating motion in a fixed horizontalplane, sub stantially as described.

2. In an ironing-machine,the arm b,pivoted at one end to a fixed point, p, on the frame of the machine, and connected at the other end i to the frame B, carrying an. ironing device, and the toggle-joint Zr b,working from a fixed point, p ,conuected to the frame B by the link I), in combination with ipitman -rods F 1*, whereby the ironing device hasa reciprocating motion in a fixed horizontal plane, substantially as described.

3. In an ironing-machine, an ironing device mounted upon the upper extremityof a frame, which at the lower end swings upon a pivot which is automatically raised and lowered by links and arms working from fixed points, in combination with a yielding hinged ironing-board, substantially as described.

4. In an ironing-machine,an ironing-board, O J, pivoted to the frame-work of the machine, provided with a foot-lever, E, havinga spring-,0,interposed between the lever and the board, in combination with the frame B, pro vided with an ironing device, and operated so as to have a reciprocating motion in a fixed horizontal plane by means of the arm b, piv-' oted at one end to a fixed point,p,on the frame of the machine,aud connected at'the other end to the frame B, the toggle-levers 1) 11 working from a fixed point, p, and connected to the frame 13 by the link b,and the pitman-rods F F, substantially as described.

5. A11 ironing-roller mounted in a swinging frame and having a reciprocating motion in a fixed horizontal plane, in combination with a ratchet, pawl, and spring, and pit-man-rods, the said pawl being pivoted at the projecting end of one of said pirmanrods, whereby the said ironing-roller has an intermittent rotary motion independent of the ironing-board when not in contact therewith, substantially as de scribed.

6. In an ironing-machine, the vertical frame B, pivoted to its lower extremity ou movable arms working from fixed points 1) and p actuated by the pitman-rods F F and provided with an ironing-roller,in combination with the ironing-board J 0, provided with the lever E,

its connection E E E, and rthe spring 6, all

arranged and operated substantially as herein-u before described.

7. In an ironingunachine, the ironing-board C J,the foot-lever E,the arm E,rods Efland spring c,in combination with the vertical frame 13, the pitman-rodsF I thearms and links I) Z) I) If, the cylinder D and itsshaft, provided with the ratchet and pawl h, and the ratchet a, pawl a, and spring 0, all arranged and operated substantially as described.

S. In an ironing-machine, an ironing device adapted to move in a fixed horizontal. plane by being mounted uponthe upper extremity of a frame, which at the lower end swings upon a pivot'which is automatically raised and lowered by links and .arms working from fixed points, in combination with. a yielding ironing-board having a support in:

dependent of said frame, and provided with springs, whereby the ironing-board imparts a pressure upon the ironing device,su bstanti ally as described In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

, enol L. snonnv. 'Witnesses:

XVM. B. H. Dowsn,

TM. T. GILBERT. 

